“The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goe...” — Kate O'Mara Quote

The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.

I never have cakes or biscuits. I don't have a sweet tooth at all, and I can't stand chocolates - I find them so sickly. However, I will buy cakes if I'm expecting company.

The trouble with some cooking is that the real flavours get cancelled out by the wine, cream, and butter sauces.

What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'

You know, entertainment is just a curtain at the end of the day.

When you do a good theatrical production, sometimes you dream about that 8 o'clock curtain call for six months.

Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light.

I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world.